Feedback: Background Noise Hacks.
Feedback from Lisa on background noise hacks when you work alone. NanoGang Day 20: Optimizing For Your Background Noise
Feedback from Lisa on background noise hacks when you work alone. NanoGang Day 20: Optimizing For Your Background Noise
Lisa asks: How does one base characters on real-life people without pissing them off? Be Careful Or I’ll Put You in My Novel hoodie Sponsored by Archivos
Tim: What’s the best way to juggle projects when you’re easily bored or distracted?
Tim asks: I can now dictate 100 words/minute, but drafts are still sloppy. Do you have any tips on improving my verbal flow for less sloppy dictation? Sponsored by Archivos
Melisa asks: How can you set up open source publishing tools without a steep learning curve? OpenOffice Libreoffice Vellum Sigil InDesign Scribus Sponsored by Archivos
Brad asks: Can you use unseen characters to good effect, and if so… how? Resources Mentioned Charlie’s Angels (tv show) The Shadow over Innsmouth by H.P. Lovecraft The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum The Wizard of Oz, film A Few Good Men Alien Triple Pack (1-3) The …
Ian asks: “How do I diversify my market presence without spreading myself too far.” Resources Mentioned: ONIX Publishing metadata standard
Tim asks: When you go back to an unfinished project, how do you get psyched for it? Resources Mentioned Hadrian’s Flight by J. Daniel Sawyer Suave Rob’s Double-X Derring-Do by J. Daniel Sawyer The Bodies in the Basement by J. Daniel Sawyer
Tim asks: How do you pick a project when money isn’t your top concern? Resources Mentioned: The Princess Bride
Celine has feedback on Episode 742 and influential science fiction. Resources Mentioned Every Day Novelist Episode 742 1984 by George Orwell Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbot